a wise man once said,
"If you have seen the movie, do not consider yourself having
read the book."

Title

Fahrenheit 451

Setting

Not too distant future,
eutopic society

Characters

Montag:
A fireman and literature lover

Linda:
Montag's wife

Clarisse:
Montag's neighbor and "girlfriend"

Summary

In "Fahreniet 451", Ray Bradbury presents his
audience with a world which has decided to eradicate its social
problems by iradicating the books that "cause" them.
The protagonist; Montag, is a fireman (a tool of that eradication).
Montag is completely happy with this life until he meets one
of his neighbors (Clarisse). Clarisse's questions and inquisitive
mind lead Montag to begin taking books instead of burning them.
In the end, Montag's wife turns him in to the firemen, he kills
his captain, and runs away to live with the "book people"

Relevance

This film and book Fahrenhiet 451 depict the typical anti-sensorship
views of the 1940s in which this book was written. It reflects
a fear throughout America concering the spread of communism,
which like the government in the movie made equality of the masses
its most improtant goal.